The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-10
THE REPUBLICAN LEAFLET.
Tr ying to Fass as Political Saints.
Neu York Herald.

spicuous and brilliant:
1t subdued the Rebellion and saved
the Union.
It raised the nation from bank
ruptcy and secured for our public
credit the faith Of the financial
world.
It has practically given each citi
zen free home by securing the pub
lie domain from the monopoly Of cap
ital.
It has made competency q condi.
ton Of appointment to office and
fidelity to duty the tenure Of holding
it.
Those are only samples of large
line of heroic measures which con
stitute the republican demand fol
another lease Of power. 1t will be
seen at 8 casual glance that the party
is composed of all the professional
saints in q population Of something
over sixty million people. They re-
gard themselves as the only authori
zcd agents for the importation Of
political virtue from the New Jeru
salem, and have formed a combine"
to hold the article for rise of the
market.
If we look little closely at the
facts, however, we find that these re-
publicans have not q clear title to
their claim. They have the con.
venient faculty of forgetfulness, and,
while vividly recalling certain parts
of the evidence, utterly "disremem-
ber' other parts equally important.
For example, when they declare that
they have practically given each
citizen a free home by securing the
public domain from the monopoly of
capital" we recall Baron Munchau-
sen, who had the same habit of ex.
tolling himself for heroic ACHE.
ments which were all 10 his eye. The
cold, unfinching records of history
show that the republican party has
uniformly played into the hands of
the monopoly Of capital and de.
liberately cheated nearly million
aud half of our citizens out of farms
of one hundred and sixty acres each
by giving. over two hundred million
acres of the public domain to, big
corporations, cattle syndicates, land
SPECTATORS and aliens.
As to making ''competency con-
dition Of appointment to Office and
fidelity to duty the tenure for hold
ing it," we rise 10 remark that civil
service reform properly administered
keeps faithful servant Of the public
in Office regardless Of his politics, but
that on the advent of a democratic ad-
ministration and when the books
were looked over it was found that
democrats holding even minor offices
were IS scarce as hens teeth. With
the rarest exceptions every position
within the gift of the government
was held by republican partisan,
whose salary was assessed for polit-
ical purposes and whose position was
nsed as 8 centre Of political in
fuence.
Well, let the republicans 60 ahead
on their own line. They know what
they can do best. and since it is
boasting, why, let them boastto their
hearts content. This is free coun-
try, and if they can persuade the
people to think of them as they seem
to think of themselves, all right.
Ours is government Of the people,
for the people and by the people,
and no one can deny that the people
are king.
The democrats will probably bestii
themselves, too, and the tournament
Of 1888 will be worth looking at.
The fight this autumn will not
amount to much more than q skir-
mish, but next year it will be a
pitched battle. There is very little
interest in the State elections, snd
their results will not have any per
ceptibie influence on the polls next
year. This is an off year, and at
such a time the people never brace
up, but are laggard and indifferent.
Besides, the nominees are all fairly
good, and we need not worry much
WITer the one party ~,
successes. -,.s IF the Repub-
,.uS n eI,.ct their candidates IN NO
.oher no aren't you afraid that the
vs ast;ge of victory will enable them
- nm their President in 1888? Not
W ,Iarticle. and We will tell you why
re HeruM believes in the people
hat is. the rank and file. They know
more than the machine leaders think
thew do. They are not easily whee
died, and next year they will have
their eyes wide open to the issues at
stake. The Republicans ave no
principles to fight for, or if they
have they conceal them very success
fully. What the country needs and
must have it is to be prosperous is
al administration that represents the
whole Republic from Maine 70 tie
Pacific snd from the lakes to the
Gulf. Now the Republican party
never has done that. 1t was not borr
to do it. 1t is essentially sectiona
party, and never has been anything
else. 1t has not only neglected the
millions Of the South, but it never
indorses party platform without ex
pressing suspicion of them. IT.
business at the present moment il
not to unite North and South, but Il
keep them ssunder, 1t is as plail
as pikestsf, therefore, that the mex
President ought to be 8 man who Cal
SEQ Georcia inst as we'll as Ohio, an